#56C4E2#56C4E2

#56C4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.108 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C4E2
RGB	rgb(86, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(193, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -22.53, -24.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 33.14, 227.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0843 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.108 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2996, 46.9454, 79.0324)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C4E2 #E27456

analogous

#56E2BA #56C4E2 #567EE2

triadic

#56C4E2 #E256C4 #C4E256

tetradic

#56C4E2 #BA56E2 #E27456 #7EE256

square

#56C4E2 #BA56E2 #E27456 #7EE256

split-complementary

#56C4E2 #E2567E #E2BA56

monochromatic

#1C85A2 #25B0D6 #56C4E2 #8AD6EB #BEE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#56C4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#56C4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C4E2

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C4E2	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BFE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB0E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.108 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6eb',
    500: '#56c4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c4e2;
$custom-light: #93d6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7682,
    "c": 0.10808,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C4E2

secondary

#E4BBB0

accent

#3C13D3

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C4E2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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